Sanitary head-rest for barbers&#39; or other chairs.



No. 668,995. Patented Feb. 26, I91.

- H. MARSHALL.

SANITARY HEAD BEST FOR BARBERS OR OTHER CHAIRS. (Application filed Aug. 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

ITE STATES HECTOR MARSHALL, OF PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

SANITARY HEAD-REST FOR BARBERS OR OTHER CHAIRS.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,995, dated February 26, 1901.

Application filed August 18, 1900. Serial No. 27,310. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HECTOR MARSHALL, boot and shoe architect, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 227 Bay street, Port Melbourne, in the county of Bourke, Colony of Victoria, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Head-Rests for Barbers or other Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide for barbers, dentists, or other users or owners of chairs occupied by the public a sanitary rest for the back of the head. In the past the head-bearing portion of many such public chairs have received but little, if any, attention, and they have naturally become a vehicle for the conveyance of germs or disease in one form or the other; but with my invention a rotary head-rest with a removable cover is provided, which on sanitary grounds appeals to all, either the fastidious or the unfastidious. Not only is a clean surface provided for each new sitter, but the paper or other material used can be utilized for trade or other announcements and, more important still, when used by barbers, as a shaving-paper, on which the razor may be wiped.

My invention consists of a reel of sanitary or other paper or material mounted in bearings in a frame of T shape. Adjacent to this are a pair of nipping or feeding rollers, one of which is turned by a handle. Near to the nipping-rollers is mounted a knife or cutter, against which the soiled paper or material is pulled, and thereby out 01f, or the nippingrollers may be dispensed with and the paper led direct from the reel to the knife.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the whole device, portions being broken away for the convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 shows an end sectional elevation disclosing the reel of paper or other material, the feeding or nipping rollers, by which the material is pulled off the reel, and the cutter or knife. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the roller, showing the flanges at each end.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar or corresponding parts where they occur in the several views.

On reference to the drawings it will be seen that A is a frame. In the upstanding ends B of this are bearings. The upper bearing carries the reel C, upon which is a roll of paper or other covering material D. This reel, which may have a soft or flexible core, has one or more loose flanges E, and its bearing in one or both ends is so formed that, as seen at F, it can be lifted from the upstanding parts. Upon bearings are mounted the two feeding or nipping rollers G. The spindle N of one of these protrudes through the frame and on its end is a hand-wheel H. Under ordinary circumstances these rollers can be arranged to press one against the other by gravity or in other convenient manner. Beneath the frame Ais the stem or rod J, which stem or rod has a rack K therein and is moved vertically by the attendants hand to the required height in slides or guides fixed to the back or other portion of the chair in the ordinary way. Attached to the ends B is a knife L, the cutting edge of which is at M.

As will be seen in Fig. 2, the covering material D is drawn down oif the reel and passes between the two nipping or feeding rollers G and underneath the knife-edge M. When, however,no nipping-rollers are used the soiled paper passes direct to the knife.

The reel 0 may be constructed of any material, and either one or the other, or both, of the nipping or feeding rollers may be of flexible material which is of such a character that when the hand-wheel H is turned the covering material is drawn off the reel.

The cycle of operations, whether the chair is in a barbers shop or a dentists or elsewhere, is as follows: The sitter having risen, the hand-wheel is rotated until that portion of the covering material against which the head has been resting is pulled from off the reel. It then protrudes beneath the two nipping or feeding rollers and on an upward pulling motion with the right or left hand it is separated from the strip by the knife. In the case of the barbers shop this strip is used for razor-wiping, while in other establishments it may for the sake of cleanliness be destroyed by burning.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with the head rest frame ofa barbers or dental chair, of a roller journaled in the frame, and adapted to support the head, such roller being covered with removable layers of paper or similar material, for the purpose and substantially as described.

2. In a sanitary head rest for barbers chairs, the combination of a frame, a roller journaled in the frame and adapted to support the head and Wrapped with aremovable covering of paper or similar material, a cutting-blade attached. to said frame at a point Where it Will not contact with the head, and means for directing the paper or material from the roller beneath the edge of the knife, for the purpose and substantially as described.

3. The herein-described sanitary head-rest for barber's chairs comprising a frame,a roller detachably mounted therein and adapted to support the head of a customer, a web of paper Wound on the roll, a knife-blade attached to the frame and-paper-feed rollers journaled- Witnesses;

EDWIN PHILLIPS, CECIL W. LEPLASTRIER. 

